Detention in the 'War on Terror' can human rights fight back?
In this book, Fiona de Londras presents an overview of counter-terrorist detention in the US and the UK and the attempts by both states to achieve a downward recalibration of international human rights standards as they apply in an emergency. Arguing that the design and implementation of this policy...
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2011
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Panic, fear and counter-terrorist law-making
- The right to be free from arbitrary detention
- Counter-terrorist detention : the executive approach
- Legislating for counter-terrorist detention
- International human rights law's resilience in the face of panic
- Judicial responses to counter-terrorist detention : rights-based resistance?
- Conclusion